...open. You can work full time, for an impossible-to-please boss, at a job you do not like, and teach in your basement for free.

There is nothing wrong with this, until you run yourself ragged. How can a poor, stressed out, and over-worked teacher, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, be a good example of the benefits that Yoga has to offer?

The truth is: Everyone needs money to survive. If it is that easy to make so much, please give it away to the homeless on the street. You will be creating good karma and setting a good example, as a Yoga teacher.

Copyright 2008 - Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

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Practising Iyengar Yoga during Pregnancy

...ilitating deeper breathing which increases the oxygen available to baby.

Practicing Iyengar yoga before the birth of the baby is a very good way to practice your breathing too, an important skill when you're in labor. Being able to get to grips with proper breathing methods can make the whole experience of childbirth less stressful.

When you practice the Iyengar yoga pregnancy methods you can really make the most of the time that you are pregnant, and you can ease the discomfort, tiredness, and even the stress that can come with pregnancy, and heighten the experience by improving your health and well being. By developing strong leg, arm, and back muscles, the little things that many women struggle with late in their pregnancy, like getting up from a chair or out of bed, will be much easier.

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What Is Yoga?

...ective and contemplative individuals. In this branch are eight 'limbs' or practices, formulated thousands of years ago in the work "Yoga Sutras" by the sage Patanjali, which must be strictly observed. They are yama-ethical standards, niyama-self-discipline, pranayama- control of breath, pratyahara-withdrawal of the senses, dharana-concentration, dhyana-meditation and Samadhi-ecstasy or total liberation.

Karma Yoga

Karma Yoga is the yoga of selfless service. Yogis (as persons who practice yoga are called) believe in reincarnation. They believe that what kind of life one is reincarnated into (including whether one becomes another human or an animal), is dependent on the spiritual results of the actions in one's past life, called Karma. The aim of Karma Yoga is to free ourselves of carrying bad karma into future incarnations, throug...more

Breast Cancer Awareness and the Benefits of Practicing Yoga Daily

... ourselves. The study concluded that yoga is associated with beneficial effects on social functioning among a medically diverse sample of breast cancer survivors. In other words, quality of life for patients improves with regular yoga practice and outcomes are likely improved. Looks like it's taken around 7,000 years to get to that conclusion scientifically, but then wasn't it only about 15 or so years ago that Time informed us that men and women are different?

Studies in North america, Europe, and Asia have shown that women who exercise at moderate to vigorous levels for more than three hours per week have a 30%-40% lower risk of breast c...more

Bikram's Yoga Positions